Let’s Keep
Fashion Fluid
From a very young age society has indirectly told us what to wear, repre-
senting who we are and what we should identify as. From the baby blue
blankets that wraps a new-born boy or the extravagant dresses girls are
supposed to wear for prom. We explore what it means to not conform to
this assumption and dress with gender fluidity- sometimes without even
realising!
@Annijor
Shopping spaces, toys and even school
uniforms have been gendered for us from
birth. For the past few years, however,
gender fluidity has become increasingly
more mainstream. Regularly public figures
and designers remove the separation of
“his” and “hers” and have paved the way
for not only genderless fashion, but an
expression of style that feels comfortable
and right for each individual.
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an example and Vivienne Westwood having
men in dresses for her stellar catwalk show.
We’ve seen public figures such as Kanye
West in a leather Givenchy skirt in 2011,
Jaden Smith in a Luis Vuitton spring/
summer 2016 female campaign, Zayn
Malik in Ladies’ blouses, Ruby Rose in
an oversized leather jacket and Kirsten
Stewart rocking a men’s blazer. The
catwalk has been paved the way for us to
dress how we feel without judgement and
we are loving it.
It’s 2018 and gender no longer dictates
the way people dress. Skirts are not just
reserved for girls and women know how
to rock a suit. The stigma rarely exists for To celebrate 30 years River Island has
men to shop in the women’s section or vice brought together a diverse cast to explore
versa.
identity and reject the idea of labelling.
They have jumped on the gender-fluid
The term gender-neutral clothing is not
fashion trend and have released a ‘100%
designed to force someone into a box,
genderfree’ campaign consisting of
it celebrates one’s expression without
t-shirts and hoodies for both genders,
changing how masculine or feminine they accompanied by a statement with the
want to be. Women have worn clothes
hashtag #LABELSAREFORCLOTHES.
inspired by men’s wardrobe for years now,
everything from boyfriend jeans to tailored As individuals we define our own ideals
suits. These are items celebrated in our
of fashion, wearing what we want, how
everyday wardrobe and don’t take away
we want it. ‘Gender Fluid’ may be a scary
an ounce of femininity.
phrase for most and we still have a long
way to go but every new trend needs
Progressively we see more change in the
a place to start. We are here for this
industry towards the normalisation and
rbgevolution- are you?
positivity of gender fluid fashion. Fashion
houses and designers alike are mixing
gender boundaries with brands such as
Gucci showcasing models of both sexes
wearing the same clothes both shirts and
skirts on the catwalk.
The Spring/Summer 2018 menswear
fashion shows displayed gender-fluidity
on the catwalk showcasing skirts as a
piece of clothing enjoye d and worn by
both men and women. Take Tom Browne
fitting male models in grey skirts inspired
by school uniforms of the boys in Exeter as
“
I honestly just wear
what I think looks
good... I cross dress
and flirt with genders,
but I still identify as a
man.
”
02/05/2018 16:59